“When my chance came, my main concern was to try and make my first touch past their back four, and then it sat up nicely for me to stick it away.

“It turned out to be a good win and a great day. I think everyone was aware of the record, but we had to put it to the back of our minds and just make sure we got the right result, knowing we’d break the record if we did.

“I haven’t spoken to John Clark about it yet, but maybe a few of the other lads have.

“It’s a massive achievement, and it’s great to even be mentioned in the same breath as the Lisbon Lions.

“They were the most successful team Celtic have ever had, and as a young kid coming through the youth system, you hear everybody talking about them.

“So for us to go 27 games unbeaten from the start of the season is unbelievable, and maybe in 50 or 60 years people will be talking about the run we went on.”

Breaking records and being ruthless every week is now something motivating the champions.

McGregor added: “You know what the gaffer is like. He’s relentless and that was his message after the game — ‘Yes, it’s great we’ve broken the record, but now can we stretch it and go unbeaten for as long as we possibly can?’.

“It will be tough but we’ll just look at the next game, prepare properly for that and see where that takes us.

“What we’re aiming for now is to try and create a record than can never be broken, That’s what we’re driving for.

“Having these targets can be nice. It’s a wee added edge for us. Being professional, we want to win going into every game anyway.

“But having an extra target on the side can help us.”

The 2004 Celtic team won 25 games in a row to create a club record, a tally the current team is now chasing. McGregor, 23, said: “That could be our next target. For us as a group the reason we’ve been so successful is we’re just relentless.

“We go into every game preparing properly and trying to win. We won’t take our eye off the ball now, the gaffer is relentless every day in the way he works, and that rubs off on the players.

“You can see that on the pitch. We go 1-0 up and then 2-0, and end up finishing with four.

“We don’t even take our foot off the gas in the last 10 minutes. We score two more goals. The manager’s work-rate is rubbing off on the boys. That’s why we’ve been so successful. Everyone is striving every day to get better.”

McGregor is just glad Celts are set to reward Craig Gordon with a new deal after Chelsea made a move for the Scotland keeper.

He added: “It would have been a massive blow to lose Craig as everyone at Celtic wants him to stay.

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